Changes to the Points Based System of Immigration from April 2011 The information contained in this blog post is derived from the limited information provided to date by the UK Border Agency (UKBA), as to their plans for the Points Based System of Immigration after April 2011. More information will be published here as soon […]
Author: Cyrus Mansouri
Afghan wins key asylum case at European Court of Human Rights against Belgium & Greece The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of an Afghan asylum seeker and fined Belgium and Greece over the treatment they gave him, saying his rights were violated. The ruling is a challenge to the Dublin Convention, […]
New Crackdown on Uninsured drivers The Road Safety Minister Mike Penning has announced that new powers to tackle uninsured driving will come into force within months. Under the new powers it will be an offence to keep an uninsured vehicle. Under the current law it is only an offence to drive an uninsured vehicle. At present every […]
Terror Powers Eased The controversial power to detain terror suspects for 28 days without charge will be allowed to lapse next week, reverting to 14 days, the Government has announced. The Home Office Minister Damian Green stated that the order, which expires at midnight on 25 January 2011, will not be extended. It is […]
Detention of families with children ruled unlawful The High Court ruled on 11 January 2011 that the detention of three children with their mothers, whose applications for asylum had been rejected, was unlawful. The ruling entitled them to receive financial compensation. Reetha Suppiad and her two sons (age 2 and 11), and Sakinat Bello and […]
